5 Myths about the US I no longer believe

• by: @joannedickie7863
• 3 weeks ago

Rather hypocritical that the "Land of the Free" has the highest proportion of its population in prison. The US is number 1 in imprisoning its citizens.

• by: @genremags8317
• 3 weeks ago

President Musk and Vice President Vivek would like to fully deregulate the US economy.

• by: @andre0baskin
• 3 weeks ago

Videos like this are good, however more Americans need to spend some time living outside the country. Hearing about how people outside the US live better lives is one thing, experiencing it for yourself can actually lead to change.

• by: @lexmachina8961
• 3 weeks ago

"The American dream" is another one of those myths.
The idea that the social ladder in America is one of best is a joke.
That also isn't even in the top 10. Not even close. The chances to succeed when you are poor in America are quite slim.
The thing is we show a lot of those new fortunes in the media but, ultimately, they are an insignificant fraction of the entire population. Way less than many other countries.
It has been put forward for so long that people ended up believing it, even though the evidence shows the opposite.

• by: @Dougsegal
• 3 weeks ago

I really like this, and I’m glad that you have come to these conclusions.
However, I find it slightly irksome that you have undermined the point you are making slightly because in the table where you compare (accurately I believe) Norway democratic socialism to the USA’s unfettered rampant free market neoliberal capitalism you haven’t listed your sources for the data.
I understand it may be too difficult to update the video now, but could you at least put them here in the comments?
Otherwise: outstanding work and congratulations for throwing off your programming 👏👏👏

• by: @bobair2
• 3 weeks ago

America used to be great then it elected an idiot felon as president.

• by: @livinginvancouverbc2247
• 3 weeks ago

I'm 64 years old. I remember that EVERY election we were told "This is the most important election ever!" and I also remember being told in school that if I don't pass tomorrow's test I won't get into university and my life will be over.

• by: @johanplane7067
• 3 weeks ago

I would add under the Democracy part: USA is a pseudodemocracy. When people think they are voting for a president they are in reality voting for people that are appontng a presdent. The electoral system is NOT democratic as it doesn't reflect the true votes of the people. USA hasn't got a proportional election system and is therefore not a democracy in its true meanng!

• by: @FTRV
• 3 weeks ago

I have to respond to the last myth. I was just on an Alaskan cruise and ended up meeting in Aussie. He had just spent a month in the United States and this cruise was his fifth week. We were talking about life between in the two countries. We started talking about the Olympics and he said it was impossible to find coverage that wasn't the USA. He said in Australia you can watch all of the Olympics not just the Australian athletes. I jokingly said, "well that's because we're the best country in the world, you didn't know that." He laughed and said, "you said it not me." He said something to the effect that we believe everything is just so much better here than any other country.

• by: @DeepStreamBits
• 3 weeks ago

You don't have a free market if you have FRB and a central bank imposing the interest rate (these 2 affect the price of money) and subsidies (this affects where money is invested). I would venture to say there is no country that had, in the modern history of humanity, a free market system.

• by: @saorsa5
• 3 weeks ago

Britain is not a country nor a democracy